Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Chris L Beckwith ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > >>Anyone know anything of the Russian composer Liapunov, 1859-1924, ... >>Twelve Transcendental Etudes ... I've read it is described as >>"terrifyingly difficult." > >And unfortunately the only complete recording I know, by Malcolm Binns on >Pearl, is terrifyingly dull. I have the Binns recording, as well as one by Kentner on Vox and 1 by Scherbakov on Marco Polo. The Scherbakov get's my vote as the one that makes the best case for this music - and it really needs a good case made for it. Scott Graham Monterey, CA